Ventilated pail.



No. 646,276. Patented Mar. 27, I900. W. T. FOLLWEILER. F

VENTILATED PAIL. (Application filed Jim 10, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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WARREN T. FOLLWEILER, on TAMAQUA, PENNSYLVANIA.

VENTILATED PAIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 646,276, dated March27, 1900.

Application filed January 10, 1900. Serial No. 982- (No model.)

[0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WARREN T. FOLLWEI- LER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Tamaqua, county of Schuylkill, and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inVentilated Pails, of which the following is a speci fication.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in ventilatedpails, and has for its object to provide a simple arrangement foreffectually ventilating dinner-pails and the like, so as to permit theescape of moisture and odor from the pail and thus preserve its contentsin more palatable condition.

With these ends in view this invention consists inthe details ofconstruction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and thenspecifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains may understand how to make and use the same, the constructionand operation will now be described in detail, referring to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective of a pail made in accordance with myimprovement; Fig. 2, an enlarged section of the ventilating apparatus,and Fig. 3 a front'view of the ventilator.

In carrying out my invention as here embodied I provide the pail'A,which may be of any convenient shape or size,with a threaded collar B,adapted to receive the correspondingly-threaded cap 0. The front of thiscap has formed therein the radial openings D, which are regulated bythe-valve E, the latter consisting of a disk having correspondingopenings therein and pivoted against the inside of the cap by means ofthe rivet F. A small offset G projects through a slot in the side of thecap and serves as a handle for turning the valve-disk upon its axis. Bythis arrangement it will be seen that the full capacity of the openingsD may be utilized for ventilating the interior of the pail, or thepassage through these openings may be reduced or entirely closed by theproper manipulation of the valve-disk, and when closed the pail willserve the purposes of an ordinary pail. A screen H is secured over theinner end of the collar and is of a mesh sufficiently fine to preventthe insects from gaining access to the interior of the pail, so thatwhile the pail is open to ventilation it may be placed anywhere withoutants and such insects gaining access to its contents. The cover I ishollow and serves as a liquid-receptacle, having a screwcap J, by whichaccess is gained to the inte= rior thereof.

In practice after various articles of food have been placed in the pail,some of which are usually hot, the ventilator is so regulated as topermit the steam and moisture arising from these articles of food'topass from the pail, and when this food has cooled the ventilator may befurther closed, leaving just sufficient opening to permit the escape ofthe various odors and thus prevent to a large degree the contaminationof one article of food by another.

The cost of manufacture of my improvement is exceedingly small and maybe applied to any style of pail, and the parts thereof may at any timebe readily washed and cleansed by the removal of the cap 0, which givesaccess to the threaded collar as well as to the interior of thevalve-disk.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and usefulis- 1. In combination with a pail of the character described, aventilator consisting of a threaded collar so set as to correspond withan opening in the side of the pail, a correspondingly-threaded capadapted to be secured upon said collar, said cap having radial openingstherein, a valve also having radial openings therein pivoted to the capso as to regulate the passage through the openings in the cap, and ascreen secured over the inner end of the threaded collar, as specified.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a dinner-pail having an opening inthe side thereof, a screen covering said opening, a threaded collarsecured to the pail over said opening, a cap threaded upon the collar,said cap having openings therein, a valve-disk pivoted to the inside ofthe cap, and an offset projecting through a slot in said cap, wherebythe valve may be regulated, as specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WARREN T. FOLLWEILER.

